Greens ‘still oppose’ return of college fees
“The Green Party last night insisted it remained opposed to any reintroduction of third-level fees, amid growing support around the cabinet table for the revenue-generating measure. Following...
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Education ministers’ globetrotting bill is €65,000 for two years
“More than €65,000 in foreign travel costs have been racked up by two ministers for education since the last general election, new figures reveal. The costs run up by current incumbent Batt O’Keeffe...
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Maynooth Students’ Union Snubs Hanafin Visit
“Maynooth Students’ Union has refused to attend the opening ceremony of a new Humanities and Social Sciences building in NUI Maynooth which is due to be opened by Minister Mary Hanafin on Thursday the...
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Students set to snub Minister at opening of new NUI Maynooth building
“Students at NUI Maynooth are planning a ‘guard of dishonour’ for Government Minister, Mary Hanafin, when she visits the university this Thursday, 16 September. When the Minister arrives around 11:00...
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Hanafin to face protests at her former university
“A guard of ‘dishonour’ will await Education Minister Mary Hanafin when she visits her alma mater this week. Furious students attending NUI Maynooth are planning to protest at her visit to the college...
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Kildare Student’s Union To Protest At Opening Ceremony For New University...
“A student’s union in Kildare are planning to protest at the opening ceremony of the new Humanities and Social Sciences building in NUI Maynooth which will be carried out by Minister Mary Hanafin later...
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Different Observations: Hanafin Snub
“Prior to today’s snub of Mary Hanafin at the opening of NUI Maynooth’s new Iontas building, we issued an open invitation for someone from each side of the snubbing debate to explain their argument …”...
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Hanafin dashes hopes of university status for WIT
“Hopes that Waterford Institute of Technology would be re-designated as University of the South East when the Hunt Report on third level education is published in the coming weeks faded further in...
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Photos and Report from NUIM Hanafin Protest
“The students’ union at NUI Maynooth staged a protest at the visit of the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport, Mary Hanafin, on Thursday 16 September. The Minister, a former graduate of the...
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Hanafin: FG policy puts Gaeilge in danger
“Minister Mary Hanafin has said the survival of the Irish language is in the balance if Fine Gael is given a mandate to implement its education policy. She said the party’s plans to stop making Irish a...
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Online student grant system opens 7 years late
“An online grant application system aimed at ending delays for thousands of college students has opened seven years after first being announced. Plans for the handling of grant applications by a single...
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More is more as number of students taking Irish and science increase
“During her term as minister for education, Mary Hanafin increased the percentage grade for the oral component of Irish to 40%, aiming to increase the overall numbers taking Irish and the uptake at...
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Minister urged to keep history as core Junior Cert subject
“Former education minister Mary Hanafin has urged the current Minister Jan O’Sullivan to protect history as a core subject in the Junior Certificate cycle …” (more) [Marie O'Halloran, Irish Times, 20...
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Mary Hanafin urges State bring back post-graduate grants
“Former Fianna Fáil minister Mary Hanafin called on Government to re-instate post-graduate students’ maintenance grants as she was conferred with an MA in American Studies from UCD’s Clinton Institute...
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Hanafin criticises Junior Cert reform plans
“The former Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin, said the Junior Cert needs reform but teachers should not assess their own students …” (more) [BreakingNews.ie, 1 March]
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